tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post7018579661784715679..comments2024-02-12T08:57:18.200+00:00Comments on Me, Myself and Delphi: Delphi 2007 SP3 - Some quirksFernando Madrugahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07296473246062338124noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-47496004467888618532007-12-01T03:02:00.000+00:002007-12-01T03:02:00.000+00:00The white space in the splash startup is used to s...The white space in the splash startup is used to show various 3rd party components that are loaded. For example, Raize Components will show here, as will the Castilla IDE enhancement. Only some 3rd party components seem to support this. Developer Express didn't show up in the startup list, for example. I'm not sure it's really worth all of the white space, but it is kind of nice to see what major addons are being loaded without having to pay attention to the specific filenames along the bottom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-46376620356863881342007-11-30T20:03:00.000+00:002007-11-30T20:03:00.000+00:00Agreed, I've always said the Delphi is an amazing ...Agreed, I've always said the Delphi is an amazing product with a horrible UI designed by Unix trolls that think this whole "GUI" thing is just a silly trend.<BR/><BR/>I'm conflicted about the splash/loading screen. I prefer the style of the new one but I don't like all the white space. I've always hated the old ones, every one of them felt a decade behind in style and never had that clean, crisp modern feel. The new one does except it's offset by it being so huge.<BR/><BR/>It's a say thing really, I still think Delph is the best tool for developing Win32 apps, it's just the UI fit-n-finish isn't there and they seem to be cursed by installers that have a high degree of suck.Shawn Osterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322952301615183953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-20596970950661879672007-11-29T23:20:00.000+00:002007-11-29T23:20:00.000+00:00Ford / Volvo / GM....What we're talking about here...Ford / Volvo / GM....<BR/><BR/>What we're talking about here is more akin to "platform sharing" than subsidiarity.<BR/><BR/>So a better example would be... buy a Ford Galaxy and get a form to send back to Volkswagen (the Ford Galaxy being derived from the VW Sharran).<BR/><BR/>But nit picky details aside I think the point was pretty clear already and anyway.<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-32668134935437097632007-11-29T23:18:00.000+00:002007-11-29T23:18:00.000+00:00@Andrew: Yep, that was intentional but only becaus...@Andrew: Yep, that was intentional but only because I knew what type of motors a Volvo would use other than their own! Still, I'd be very surprised if you'd see such a form on a Volvo, regardless how much or little Ford owns the Volvo car business...<BR/><BR/>I don't know enough about other car makers to know who makes engines for them! :)<BR/><BR/>@Moritz: One thing I learned in over 25 years of programming: The sky is the limit.<BR/><BR/>So, Dexplore ignores that under certain conditions? Sounds like a good case for VM testing! Determine what conditions are those and fake another set of conditions!<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's a minor thing, but it's at least weird, especially for someone who buys a CodeGear product instead of another one from MSFT and then sees that message pop up... It's not like it's saying "Help Improve DExplore!". It says, incorrectly, "Help Improve Visual Studio", which is HIGHLY misleading...Fernando Madrugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07296473246062338124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-89446397345178460122007-11-29T21:37:00.000+00:002007-11-29T21:37:00.000+00:00The "Help improve Visual Studio" dialog seems not ...The "Help improve Visual Studio" dialog seems not to be that easy to handle; there is an option in the registry to turn it off, but CodeGear said that DExplore ignores it under certain circumstances when started for the first time.<BR/><BR/>This must be either a testing mistake or a bad move of Microsoft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-39806941827883054062007-11-29T21:30:00.000+00:002007-11-29T21:30:00.000+00:00Ick! My original comment had ONE spelling mistake ...Ick! My original comment had ONE spelling mistake and now it looks all off.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow- the Ford / Volvo comment is a little misleading, as Ford in fact owns Volvo. Say GM and we're all clear :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503412311557862437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9040327036497268290.post-24596026866516896172007-11-29T21:29:00.000+00:002007-11-29T21:29:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503412311557862437noreply@blogger.com